Reviews

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin

bobbyclark's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Fever Dream is a quick but layered existential horror that left me feeling pretty damn bleak and entirely unsettled. While not as wildly abstract as I was imagining it would be, the play and banter between the narrators was very interesting and kept my curiosity peaked as I began dissecting the story for both worms and meaning. From the subsequent environmental damage caused by capitalistic consumption to parental fears and trauma, believe me, there is A LOT packed into this short read.

yari_mel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

smalefowles's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Extremely compelling and disturbing tale of the consequences of environmental pollution. 

anchh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

luke_823's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

iselina's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

4.5

brendi92's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

lydia_woolf's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

leafb4's review against another edition

3.0

This was a strange one. Classified as horror lit byt there was only one creepy scene, everything else just didnt make sense. There is no plot, just a recount of a strange interaction. Writing style put me off though, it's told in present tense. There is a voice of a boy talking to the female narrator and the narrator is telling another story in present tense as it is happening? I don't know what to think of the book, if there was a point at all, but maybe that  is the goal, to have to meaning because it is like a fever dream. 

clurrgh's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75